Improvement in washing-machines



JOHN EECKERSON. Improvement Washing Machines.

Patented April 2, 1872.

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UNITED STATES JOHN EGKERSON, OF SPRING VALLEY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification describing a new and Improved Washing-Machine, invented byJOHN EOKER- SON. of Spring Valley, in the county of Rockland and Stateof New York.

Figure 1 is a detail vertical section of my improved machine takenthrough the line a; w of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, partof the cover being removed. Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal section of thesame taken through the liney y, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved washing-machine,simple in con struction, convenient in use, and eli'ectiv'e inoperation, washin g the clothes thoroughly and quickly, so that therewill be no necessity for rubbing any part of them; and it consists inthe construction and combination of various parts of the machine, ashereinafter more fully described.

A is a rectangular frame, which is supported by legs B,of such a lengthas to raise the ma chine to a. convenient height. The frame A is made ofsuch a size as to receive andhold the tub O, which is made slightlytapering, and the inner surface of its sides is corrugated vertically,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. To the center of the bottom of the tub (J ispivoted a disk, D, to the center of which is attached the lower end ofthe shaft E, the upper end of which passes up through a cross-bar F, theends of which enter notches formed in the upper ends of the lugs G,attached to the opposite sides of the tub G, where they are detachablysecured in place by pins H. To the upper part of the shaft E, a littlebelow the cross-bar F, are attached the centers of two bars, I, crossingeach other at right angles, and which are halved to each other. J arevertical rollers,

which are corrugated longitudinally, and the Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 125,184, dated April 2, 1872.

journals of which enter slots in the disk D and in the arms I. Therollers J are held out toward the sides of the tub O by coiled springsK, placed in the slots in the disk D and in the arms I. The inner endsof the springs K rest against the inner ends of the slots in which theyare placed, and their outer ends rest against the heads of theguide-pins L, the outer sides of which heads are concaved to restagainst the journals of the rollers J and hold them out to bear againstthe clothes with the necessary pressure. To the upper end of the shaft Eis attached a crank, M, by which the machine is operated. the machine,which is made in two parts, fitting closely into the space between thesides of the tub (l and the sides of the crossbar F, as shown in Fig. 2.

In using the machine, the clothes to be washed are placed in the spacesbetween the rollers J, shaft E, and sides of the tub G, and as thesystem of rollers is revolved or turned backward and forward the clothesare pressed and rubbed between the corrugated rollers J and thecorrugated sides of the tub 0, cleaning them thoroughly in a very shorttime.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desireto secureby Letters Patent An improved washingmaehine, formed by the combinationof the frame A, legs B, tub (l, corrugated vertically upon its innersides, disk D, shaft E, detachable cross-bar F, crossbars I, corrugatedrollers J, springs K, guidepins L, crank M, and cover N, with eachother, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purposeset forth.

JOHN EGKERSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN L. EGKERSON,

WARREN T. EoKnRsoN.

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